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Re: bytestream
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"Thomas M. Root" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thomas M. Root
Date:
Fri, 4 Jul 2003 17:38:32 -0400
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On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 11:16:03 -0400, Peter Osborne <[log in to unmask]>
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>We have a program that reads in files that are 256 Fixed ASCII.
>Unfortunately, the files I need it to read are bytestream. Assuming
>the records of the bytestream files never exceed 256 characters in
>length, what is the simplest (scriptable) way of convert files from
>bytestream to 256 Fixed ascii in mass quantity?


Some time back, Ted Ashton offered BYTECNVT, a very handy program that
converts files between bytestream and ASCII or binary.  See:

http://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A2=ind0106D&L=hp3000-l&P=R19989
  and
http://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A2=ind9911C&L=hp3000-l&P=R11021&D=0

Tom

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